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Corvino: A good (gay) teacher
It’s the first day of class, and I enter my lecture hall as I usually do, skirting the periphery until I reach the door that leads me discreetly backstage. The room is a...
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Corvino: Ken Mehlman’s new beginning?
In some circles, Ken Mehlman’s coming out as gay [1]this week was about as shocking as Rosie O’Donnell’s coming out in 2002, or Ricky Martin’s coming out earlier this year. Others were quite surprised....
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Corvino: Taking on the new argument against gay marriage
Ross Douthat’s recent New York Times op-ed [1] against marriage equality is notable for many things, not least its frank rejection of some standard bad arguments against same-sex marriage. Douthat denies that marriage “has always been...
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Corvino: A Skeptic’s Faith
“The trouble with atheism,” my friend said with a smile, “is that you don’t get any holidays.” Sometimes even tired jokes can be insightful. The friend was a Catholic priest, speaking to me (an atheist) as I...
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Corvino: What I learned at gay leadership camp
“Remind me, dear,” I said to my partner Mark on the way to the airport, “what I am absolutely, positively not doing again next year?” “You are not doing Camp next year,” he dutifully replied. We had...
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Corvino: Did the state create marriage?
Last week a U.S. District Court judge in Boston ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, prompting the usual cries of “judicial activism” from conservatives. Among the responses was...
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Corvino: How Lingle was right
In vetoing Hawaii’s civil unions bill, Gov. Linda Lingle noted that the bill was “essentially marriage by another name.” She has a point. Of course I don’t agree with her decision, and I don’t buy her excuse...
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Corvino: Why weddings?
I’m at a wedding for a same-sex couple, in the chapel anteroom before the service, and the grooms are sweating profusely. It’s not because they’re nervous. It’s because they’re wearing black wool tuxedos, it’s a humid...
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Corvino: Happily Ever After
Three years ago I wrote a column “Young Love, Older Love” [1] about a couple I called “Bob” and “Jim.” At the time I wrote: “My partner Mark and I introduced ‘Bob’ and ‘Jim’ at a...
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Corvino: Crush
“I think I’m in love,” my friend announces. “You knew him for five minutes,” I retort. We’re both exaggerating. My friend—let’s call him Bob—met a guy while traveling, and they hit it off. Literally...
